MOREOVER the LORD
said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning
Mahershalalhashbaz.

2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record,
Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived,
and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

4 For before the child shall have knowledge
to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria
shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters
of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up
upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of
Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and
go over all his banks:

8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall
overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching
out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye
shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves,
and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in
pieces.

10 Take counsel together, and it shall come
to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong
hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them
to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear,
nor be afraid.

13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let
him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for
a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel,
for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall,
and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among
my disciples.

17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth
his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD
hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of
hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto
them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter:
should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

20 To the law and to the testimony: if they
speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light
in them.

21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead
and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they
shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold
trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to
darkness.